The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: Core Skills in Practice

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 4
• Convenor: to be confirmed
• Assessment: a presentation (25%), problem-solving write-up (25%) and reflective journal (50%)

This module is one of three designed to help you reflect on the core study and employability skills that you will acquire on the course, explore their applicability in an employment context, undertake practical activities to understand the applied nature of the skills, and reflect on your own career goals and develop a plan to achieve them.

Indicative syllabus

• Communicating
• Collaborating
• Reflecting
• Working with evidence
• Analysing
• Problem solving
• Being flexible
• Being creative
• Using AI in learning, work and knowledge futures

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• understand and articulate the relationship between what you have learnt as a student of the arts, humanities or social sciences and your personal and professional development
• understand what it means to communicate effectively in verbal and written form
• understand the skills needed for effective collaboration
• work effectively with others
• reflect on your learning and its application
• understand how to work with evidence
• practise skills of analysis and critical thinking
• understand complex problems and how to address them
• understand how to work effectively
• understand the uses of creativity in study and work
• work with AI tools and understand the ethics of doing so.